The signature moment of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey"reunion show came just a few minutes in, when Teresa Giudice criticized Danielle Staub for not acknowledging the birth of Jacqueline Laurita's son, prompting Danielle to ask her, "Did you acknowledge your nephew?" Teresa went bat ... well, let's just say if there had been a table between the two of them, it would have gotten flipped. Instead, it was host Andy Cohen.

So what's that all about? The Internet was sizzling this morning with scandalous theories -- you can probably figure them out without resorting to Google -- but Teresa explains herself on her Bravotv.com blog:

"In April, my newest nephew was born off camera. (No, not Jacqueline’s baby; Jacq and I are not related.) And no he’s not sick. He’s perfect and beautiful and we’re blessed to have him in our lives. If you all remember, I was scheduled to do the live Bravo Chat Bubble for a Real Housewives of New York episode the night he was born, and I was at the hospital so long, I was late logging in. So, yes, of course I was at the hospital when he was born!

When we were talking about Danielle not even acknowledging the birth of Jacqueline’s new baby Nicholas – which is part of the show – Danielle jumped in and accused me of not acknowledging my own new nephew. Did you see my face, how confused I was? At first, I had no idea what she was talking about because I WAS there and my 90,000 Twitter followers were kind of at the hospital with me that day too. But then I realized what she was saying – that she had been digging around my extended family and trying to find dirt on me and defame them. And I just had it. I will not stand for that (or sit still anyway)."

She also claims that she didn't say "Don't break up my family," but "Don't bring up my family." And yes, I was among those who thought she said "Don't break up my family," but I admit, my screech monkey is a little rusty.

Do you buy it? Was it just something Danielle threw in there to discompose Teresa (not that it takes a lot)? Or is there a secret, far more tawdry explanation? I lean toward the former; Teresa really looked like she didn't know what the heck Danielle was talking about, but if so, her shock-and-awe reaction was a little out of proportion, don't you think?